Oscars 2022: Best Cinematography Predictions

The good news for the cinematography race is that theaters have reopened, which means that the full spectacle of “Dune” and “No Time to Die” can be experienced on the big screen.

But they are not alone — this season also boasts the visual splendor of “The Power of the Dog,” the romanticized nostalgia of “The French Dispatch,” “Belfast,” and “West Side Story,” and the film noir intensity of “The Tragedy of Macbeth” and “Nightmare Alley.”Denis Villeneuve’s long-awaited adaptation of Frank Herbert’s “Dune” (Warner Bros.) is like a cerebral “Star Wars” meets “Lawrence of Arabia,” with its dangerous mix of politics and religion, centered around Timothée Chalamet’s messianic Paul Atreides.

It was photographed in large format by Emmy-winning cinematographer Greig Fraser (“The Mandalorian”) using the digital Alexa Lf camera for scenes involving the autumnal-looking water planet Caladan and the goth-looking planet Giedi Prime, and the IMAX camera

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